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“We fucking started a hardware business! There’s nothing else to talk about. We shouldn’t have done that.” What I hear in this quote is "we went into a technol
by SonOfLilit 9y ago
“We fucking started a hardware business! There’s nothing else to talk about. We shouldn’t have done that.”
What I hear in this quote is "we went into a technological field we know nothing about with the intention of making money. We shouldn't have done that".
Nothing wrong with going into hardware if you have experience end-to-end bringing a hardware product to market. It's just that less people have that than in the software world, and us software people get used to being able to figure out everything JIT.
Probably don't go into chemistry either, or algotrading, or practicing law, thinking "eh, I'll figure it out as I go".
- hua67 9y agoThis is what the mgmt of Twitter/Youtube/FB/Uber etc are internally crying about helplessly. This "we'll figure it out as we go along" mentality, is deeply rooted in leadership culture at the moment whether its politics, wall street, silicon valley etc. It did some useful things, but it needs to evolve.
- ryandrake 9y agoAlso, the current trendy management practices in software like: "Move fast and break things," "Release crap early and iterate," and "QA is a useless cost" don't transfer over to manufacturing hardware.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoNope; a lot more rules and regulations you have to respect, certifications for e.g. electrical safety, etc. Mind you there's a few similar things in software, things like security requirements when handling payments, EU privacy laws, cookie banners, that kinda thing. But they're a lot easier to either outsource (use a payment processor service) or implement (cookie banners range from a notice that says "by using this site you agree to cookies", which probably isn't enough for the law but reasonably user-friendly, to full off-site cookie walls.)